[001sky]

What the comment was highlighting was a culture of evasiveness and plausible deniabililty. ie, classic beuracratic tricks of the trade. the electric/internet/etc examples are just placeholders for any problem (mission critical) where you might be at the mercy of this type of behaviour. So, to summarize the stereo-typing is about a certain type of social-interaction, not about technology or intelligence or what not. You may (or may not) want to take issue with the accuracy of this claim, but at least such would be more en pointe.